Insolvency
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In the matter of Neville Audley Brabon
Defendant acquiring properties owned by bankrupt – Wife of bankrupt conveying to defendant “as mortgagee” – Sale proceeds to be wholly applied in discharge of various mortgages – Trustee in…
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Re Land and Property Trust Co plc (No 2)
Administration petition — Property company — Petition presented by directors of property development group — Petition in respect of holding company and subsidiaries — Voluntary arrangement for more advantageous realisation…
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Platts v Western Trust & Savings Ltd
Commercial property — Legal charge — Security for loan — Valuation — Default in interest payments — Lender seeking to enforce debt by bankruptcy proceedings — Debtor’s application to set…
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Grovewood Holdings plc v James Capel & Co Ltd
Defendants advising plaintiffs in acquisition of property company — Acquisition led to collapse of plaintiff company — Allegations of negligence and misrepresentation on part of defendants — Plaintiffs in liquidation…
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Pollard and another v Ashurst
Trustee in bankruptcy seeking to realise debtor’s half-share in property located in Portugal – Interpretation of Brussels Convention – Whether English court competent to order bankrupt to take necessary steps…
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PP 2002/48
The question whether, in cases of tenant insolvency, a landlord requires leave of the court before seeking to forfeit the lease or levy distress depends not only on the legal…
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PP 2002/11
On learning that a sale of land has been “completed”, you would normally assume that the entire purchase price has been paid over.
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Christopher Moran Holdings Ltd v Bairstow and another
Insolvency — Disclaimer of lease — Determination of loss and damage to landlord under section 178(6) of Insolvency Act 1986 — Loss of right to future rent — Whether discount…
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Official Receiver (as liquidator of Celtic Extraction Ltd and Bluestone Chemicals Ltd) v Environment Agency
Insolvency — Disclaimer — Environmental Protection Act 1990 — Waste management licence — Whether waste management licence ‘property’ within section 436 of Insolvency Act 1986 — Whether liquidator entitled to…
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Environment Agency v Clark (administrator)
Insolvency — Administration — Leave to bring proceedings — Waste-management licence — Criminal proceedings for breach of licence conditions — Whether Environment Agency requiring leave to bring and continue criminal…
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PP 2000/15
As regards jointly owned family homes, decisions made under the now repealed section 30 of the Law of Property Act 1925 (notably Re Citro (Domenico) (a bankrupt) [1991] Ch 142)…